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The table below looks at the demand for Electronic Business (eBusiness) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited E-business over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkElectronic Business (eBusiness)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank159162
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads1924
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.026 %
As % of the category below0.545 %0.756 %
Daily rates quoted1421
Average minimum daily rate£482£521
Average daily rate£504£530
% change on same period last year-4.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£527£538
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£341
% change on same period last year+13.93 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£45.00
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads34883176
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.494 %3.403 %
Daily rates quoted19451372
Average minimum daily rate£418£452
Average daily rate£455£477
% change on same period last year-4.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£493£503
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted8992
Average minimum hourly rate£22.98£24.05
Average hourly rate£24.97£26.39
% change on same period last year-5.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.96£28.72
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
E-business LondonE-business
London

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

E-business
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing E-business across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

City of London E-business Demand Trend

E-business
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing E-business across the City of London region.

City of London E-business Daily Rate Trend

E-business
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-business across the City of London region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

City of London E-business Daily Rate Histogram

E-business
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing E-business across the City of London region.

City of London E-business Hourly Rate Trend

E-business
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing E-business also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited E-business.

114 (41.18 %)Front Office
213 (38.24 %)Finance
312 (35.29 %)UML
312 (35.29 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
410 (29.41 %)Project Management
58 (23.53 %)Banking
58 (23.53 %)Marketing
67 (20.59 %)E-Commerce
76 (17.65 %)SQL
76 (17.65 %)Insurance
85 (14.71 %)Business Analysis
85 (14.71 %)Web Development
85 (14.71 %)Agile Software Development
85 (14.71 %)User Acceptance Testing
85 (14.71 %)J2EE
85 (14.71 %)Oracle
85 (14.71 %)MS Office
85 (14.71 %)UNIX
85 (14.71 %)SOA
85 (14.71 %)Retail
94 (11.76 %)PRINCE2
94 (11.76 %)Use Case
103 (8.824 %)Investment Banking
103 (8.824 %)AJAX
103 (8.824 %)Oracle EBS R12
103 (8.824 %)Back Office
103 (8.824 %)Summit
103 (8.824 %)CMS
103 (8.824 %)Business Intelligence
103 (8.824 %)MQSeries

E-business
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing E-business also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited E-business. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (14.71 %)J2EE
23 (8.824 %)AJAX
31 (2.941 %).NET Framework
31 (2.941 %)ASP
31 (2.941 %).NET
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (8.824 %)MQSeries
13 (8.824 %)CMS
22 (5.882 %)Rhythmyx
22 (5.882 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
22 (5.882 %)Lotus Notes
22 (5.882 %)Lotus Domino
31 (2.941 %)Oracle Workflow
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (14.71 %)MS Office
22 (5.882 %)MS Excel
22 (5.882 %)MS Project
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (8.824 %)Summit
13 (8.824 %)Oracle EBS R12
21 (2.941 %)Oracle General Ledger
21 (2.941 %)Oracle Financials
21 (2.941 %)Oracle CRM
21 (2.941 %)Oracle Applications
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (8.824 %)Internet
21 (2.941 %)Intranet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (41.18 %)Front Office
213 (38.24 %)Finance
38 (23.53 %)Banking
38 (23.53 %)Marketing
46 (17.65 %)Insurance
55 (14.71 %)Retail
63 (8.824 %)Investment Banking
63 (8.824 %)Back Office
72 (5.882 %)Home Office
72 (5.882 %)Pensions
81 (2.941 %)Retail Banking
81 (2.941 %)Corporate Banking
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
122 (64.71 %)Analyst
214 (41.18 %)Business Analyst
39 (26.47 %)Systems Analyst
47 (20.59 %)E-Business Analyst
53 (8.824 %)Administrator
53 (8.824 %)Programme Manager
62 (5.882 %)Project Manager
62 (5.882 %)Business Systems Analyst
62 (5.882 %)Consultant
71 (2.941 %)Programmer
71 (2.941 %)Business Developer
71 (2.941 %)Developer
71 (2.941 %)Test Manager
71 (2.941 %)Programme Office Manager
71 (2.941 %)Analyst Developer
71 (2.941 %)Systems Developer
71 (2.941 %)Oracle Consultant
71 (2.941 %)E-Business Consultant
71 (2.941 %)Banking Analyst
71 (2.941 %)Banking Business Analyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (35.29 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
22 (5.882 %)Blackberry
31 (2.941 %)Derivative
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (14.71 %)UNIX
22 (5.882 %)Windows
22 (5.882 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (5.882 %)Windows 2000 Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (35.29 %)UML
210 (29.41 %)Project Management
37 (20.59 %)E-Commerce
45 (14.71 %)SOA
45 (14.71 %)Agile Software Development
45 (14.71 %)Business Analysis
45 (14.71 %)Web Development
45 (14.71 %)User Acceptance Testing
54 (11.76 %)Use Case
54 (11.76 %)PRINCE2
63 (8.824 %)Business Intelligence
72 (5.882 %)B2B
72 (5.882 %)ITIL
72 (5.882 %)Content Management
72 (5.882 %)Data Protection
72 (5.882 %)Programme Management
81 (2.941 %)CTC Cleared
81 (2.941 %)Security Cleared
81 (2.941 %)Integration Testing
81 (2.941 %)Data Migration
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (17.65 %)SQL
21 (2.941 %)Java
21 (2.941 %)PL/SQL
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (5.882 %)ITIL Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.882 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (5.882 %)Tivoli
12 (5.882 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (14.71 %)Oracle
23 (8.824 %)Murex
32 (5.882 %)Lotus
41 (2.941 %)Sybase
41 (2.941 %)Siebel
41 (2.941 %)Microsoft
41 (2.941 %)Sun